but i would argue the president's real focus ought to be creating a better environment for our economy and creating more jobs for the american people. that's where the focus is. not more government programs. >> robert reich, that is actually the most reasonable thing i can find that a republican has said about this. that's as good as it gets. >> but john boehner and much of the rest of the republican party really do believe that somehow the job creators in this country are the rich, the people who run corporations, the people who run wall street. but the fact of the matter is that the job creators in america are the middle class and the poor. people who, because they buy things, create incentives for businesses to create more jobs. if the middle class and poor don't have enough purchasing power, if, actually, inequality is out of control, as it is right now, if we are cutting benefits for the poor, food stamps, medicaid, if governors say they won't even extend medicaid. if we are actually saying no to extended unemployment benefits, what we are doing, in effect, is making the entire ec